The Alex Pierson Show

Words matter...and throwing around the term genocide is simply reckless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Kim Wright - Principal at Wright Strategies & Mike Van Soelen - Managing Principal at Navigator, a public relations firmTopics include: the Toronto District School Board is modernizing its student dress code, relaxing rules around wearing spaghetti straps, tube tops, crop tops and more; the Toronto Sun revealing more insane education spending, this time by the Ottawa and Hamilton school boards; an Ottawa man tells the Toronto Sun that he was loaded when he walked onto live T.V. and told State champ Steph Curry how he’d like to violate his wife; gender equality is under attack - according to our Prime Feminist Trudeau who spoke Monday at the opening address of Women Deliver 2019; and then right on cue, the day after opening the Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, Justin Trudeau announced that “if”re-elected, his government is raising its funding to $1.4-billion annually to support women and girls’ health in Canada and around the world; the NBA may be backing down from using the word “owner” due to racial insensitivity.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Martin Maxwell...formerly Max Meisels, to discuss his experience as a Jewish soldier in the British army during D-Day, and his personal crusade to ensure that we never forget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Ben Eisen, a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute and author of this particular report, which suggests that we might be in trouble...deep! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actions have consequences and they will prove costly for one Raptors fan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by: Andy Stinton - Small Business Man  and Michael Diamond - with Upstream Strategy Group Topics include: Premier Ford says he won’t go to Pride. This is not news. He made it clear that as long as cop’s were out so was he. But Pride is nothing but politics these days, used by politicians to pander for votes. If a politician isn’t sincere for their reasons to march how is that not worse? After months of hysteria that there are no savings and teachers will be fired. Toronto Sun exposes millions in spending on things like high-end iPhones, contracts, iPads, top line technology that can be purchased for way less. Peter Gilgan Foundation donates $100 million – largest single gift ever to SickKids. A massive news event was held for this donation. But, are you okay Gilgan made such a public display of this donation? How about bringing out 50-families of sick children for the announcement? What role will you take? Can individuals really bring about this change?All Canadians have a role to play in ending MMIW genocide report says When the Canadian Society for the Study of Education meets in Vancouver, a trio of education theorists will argue that dodge-ball is not only problematic, in the modern sense of displaying hierarchies of privilege based on athletic skill, but that it is outright “miseducative.”An unethical tool of oppression they called it.Dodge-ball isn't just problematic, it's an unethical tool of 'oppression': researchers The Swiss supreme court has ordered track’s governing body to suspend its testosterone regulations on Caster Semenya. The International Association of Athletics Federations ruled that Semenya’s natural testosterone levels give her an unfair advantage over other female athletes and if she is to compete fairly, she must take medication to reduce those levels, or be excluded from international competition. The two-time Olympic 800-meter champion can now run in her favoured event without suppressing her natural testosterone level. How is this fair? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Shawn Proulx, creator of Thought Revolution and publisher of https://thegayguidenetwork.com/Canada's original LGBTQ digital magazine, to discuss the hubbub about Doug Ford choosing not to attend the Toronto Pride parade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Chris Schryer, Toronto-based beer writer and educator, to discuss this sudsy situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always follow the dollar…especially when those minding them say there are none to be found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hate is hate and yet we are very selective with our outrage.  On Sunday, the hateful Iranian Al quds rally will take to Toronto streets. Past events include Hezbollah of Flags over Anti-Semitic rederick including Israeli's should be shot and the predictable calls for Israel's destruction.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices